Gothic features

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Terror	fear generated through what is uncertain or obscure, shadowy or insubstantial, is fear generated by a physical shock actually seen or experienced
Horror	fear generated by a physical shock actually seen or experienced
The Uncanny	The strange, eerie or mysterious - something which is both foreign or strange, yet is at the same time also familiar, producing a peculiarly unsettling experience
Taboos	Cultural, moral of religious rules which are put under pressure or violated, challenging limits or norms
The Supernatural/Preternatural	What is above nature, mysterious, inexplicable
The Sublime	A sense of awe, astonishment, of being overwhelmed in the face of something much bigger than ourselves. E.g. a landscape, power, an awareness of vastness, infinity, difficulty or magnificence or an emotion (such as terror) The sublime depends on obscurity
Oppositions	sanity/madness; wild/domesticated; male/female; living/dead; past/present; reason/passion. In Gothic, oppositions are often put under pressures and may be shown to collapse, showing that they are not quite so rigidly as we might believe
Otherness	The 'other' is anything which is different from ourselves and is therefore perceived in some way as a threat.
Obscurity	A key element of the experience of the sublime. It includes both physical and mental obscurity
The Revenant	describes the past, 'what comes back'. (like karma)
The Doppelganger	a double, mirror image or alter ego of a character, perhaps revealing the negative, evil or repressed within the individual
The Liminal	the experience of being on a threshold or boundary; marginal; the point on the boundary, borderline of threshold of two states-neither one thing nor another; the point of uncertainty and fluidity, refusing categorisation the unfixed position between any two oppositional terms
Abhuman	something that is only vestigially human and possibly in the process of becoming something monstrous, such as a vampire or a warewolf.
Ghosts	an apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically, a nebulous image
Dreams	a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep
Nightmares	a frightening or unpleasant dream; a very unpleasant or frightening experience or prospect
Transgressing boundaries	going beyond the limits of what is morally, socially, or legally acceptable; going beyond the line which marks limits
Setting	the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place
Hero	a person (stereotypically a man), who is admired for their courage, outstanding achievements or noble qualities
Villain	a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot
Temptress	a woman who tempts someone to do something, typically a sexually active woman who sets out to allure or seduce someone
Victim	a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action; a person who is tricked or duped; a person who has come to feel helpless and passive in the face of misfortune or ill-treatment
Science and industry	the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure of behaviour of the physical and natural world through the observation and experiment, which can be related to industry.
Religion or Defying god	religion is a system of faith and worship which the belief and worship of a superhuman controlling power. Defying god is going against the teachings of that religion
Man and nature	linked to setting. E.g. someone who is exiled somewhere, someone who is in touch with nature or is against nature
Imprisonment	the state of being imprisoned; captivity
Torture	the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something
Sexual desire	a strong feeling of wanting or wishing for something to happen, which is of a sexual nature
Repression	the action of subduing someone or something by force; the restraint, prevention, or inhibition of a feeling, quality; the action or process of suppressing a thought or desire in oneself so that it remains unconscious
Conflict	a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one; be incompatible or at variance; clash
Revolution	a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system; an instance of revolving
Rejecting Hierarchy	the rejection of a system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority

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